EAST LANSING - Grace, Michigan State University?s gliding robotic fish, is getting a new mission in the Great Lakes. Using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the MSU team will collaborate with the U.S. Geological Survey to use a school of these robots to locate and stalk fish of interest in the
SAN FRANCISCO - Sprint on Wednesday said it would one-up AT&T's promotion, which doubled the amount of data on certain high-end family plans, by doubling the new amount for its own Family Share Pack plans. The promotion is available to new and existing customers who sign up by Oct. 31, which is the same day
GRAND RAPIDS - In the strongest terms he has used yet, Governor Rick Snyder called a Democratic Governors Association ad attacking him for cutting school funds "hogwash" and a "lie" in comments made at a forum in Grand Rapids, the Kalamazoo Gazette Editorial Board and then at the first town hall of his campaign. For
SOUTHFIELD ? Informal networking and a panel discussion were the format last week at the monthly meeting of the Detroit Chapter of the Association for Women in Communication that focused on the changing media landscape wrought by new digital tools ushered in by the Internet age. Women and men with a wide spectrum of journalistic
FLINT - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder?s reaction to seeing the FIRST Robotics Community Center at Kettering University could be summed up in a few words -- ?To put it simply, this is awesome,? Snyder said. Snyder was among several dignitaries, including Don Bossi, president of FIRST Robotics, Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and Jennifer Liversedge of
DETROIT ? Registration is now open for 1DEVDAY 2014, one of the most important gathering place for Metro-Detroit's community of software developers. Register before September 26th and you can take 15 percent off. The event is scheduled for November 15 on the newly renovated 2nd floor of Detroit's Cobo Conference Center. Lunch will be provided
LANSING - Nominations open Sept. 29 for the 2015 Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program, a prestigious annual competition that recognizes successful growing businesses and their supporters. The winners will be honored at the 11th annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event on May 7, 2015. Last year, nearly 1,000 people attended the state?s premier awards
CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple said Monday that its first weekend sales for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus topped 10 million units, another record. Apple didn't break out sales between the two models, though the iPhone 6 Plus seemed to be a much harder device to find over the weekend. "Sales for iPhone 6 and
LANSING - Michigan's sales tax revenues topped $7 billion for the first time in history during the 2012-13 fiscal year, a report from the Department of Treasury shows, but the tax base is "being eroded rapidly" by increasing retail sales through the Internet and mail order. So-called remote sales sapped an estimated $410 million from
SOUTHFIELD - The United States is joining an international student competition for robot design for the first time this year, and on Sept. 27, Lawrence Technological University will host the first-ever national championships to determine who will represent their country at the World Robot Olympiad. The competition will be held from 9 a.m. to 4